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"They should definitely be in the tournament," Miller said of Ohio State after his Hoosiers lost to the fellow bubble team in the Big Ten tournament. If Miller had his way, both teams would be dancing, but his team's 15 losses — 13 of which came in a depleting 14-game January-February span — were too much to overlook and led to an ultimate snub.
While mid-major Belmont was one of the last four teams in the field and will be in a play-in game at Dayton, UNC-Greensboro wasn't as fortunate. The Spartans likewise were the second-best team in their mid-major conference behind No. 7 NCAA tourney seed Wofford and uniquely had only lost to Quadrant 1 ranked opponents.
"I'm not sure what to think of the NET yet, I don't think anybody does. I'm trying to reserve judgement until it plays out in a couple years and we fully see how the committee uses it." Alabama: Crimson Tide coach Avery Johnson said of his team's NCAA tournament hopes following an SEC tournament quarterfinal loss to Kentucky, "Hopefully, we'll be able to sneak in." That would have been exactly what Alabama would have done had the committee decided to award an at-large bid to a rather undeserving team. While the Tide have lost seven of their last 10, one of those wins was a Quad 1 neutral court victory over Ole Miss in the SEC tourney.
Texas: The Longhorns had a top-five strength of schedule and top-40 NET score despite all their losses. More than that, Texas posted five Quad 1 victories to entice the committee, including wins over Purdue, Kansas State and Kansas. But ultimately, the committee didn't want to set a negative precedent by including its first-ever 16-loss at-large team into the field since the tourney expanded in 1985.
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